The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - list the longlisted books you have read or at least started in order of preference, best first, and optionally number them to predict where they will finish in your list of 13. Please do not rank books you have not read any of. One comment per person, please use edit comment to update your lists as you go. General chat here may be deleted.

These are the 13 longlisted books (links shortly).

Love Forms by Claire Adam (Faber & Faber)
The South by Tash Aw (Fourth Estate)
Universality by Natasha Brown (Faber & Faber)
One Boat by Jonathan Buckley (Fitzcarraldo Editions)
Flashlight by Susan Choi (Jonathan Cape)
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (Hogarth)
Audition by Katie Kitamura (Fern Press)
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits (Faber & Faber)
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (Sceptre)
Endling by Maria Reva (Virago)
Flesh by David Szalay (Jonathan Cape)
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (Viking)
Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga (Daunt Originals)

Final League Tables

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, 2.88, 2.12, 41, 15, 1.60
2, Endling by Maria Reva, 2.81, 2.19, 43, 16, 2.02
3, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, 4.38, 3.38, 8, 1, 1.14
4, Audition by Katie Kitamura, 4.73, 4.53, 55, 8, 3.52
5, Universality by Natasha Brown, 5.24, 5.08, 50, 5, 3.81
6, Flashlight by Susan Choi, 5.76, 5.23, 37, 1, 3.20
7, The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller, 6.03, 5.65, 29, 1, 3.23
8, Flesh by David Szalay, 6.43, 5.70, 42, 2, 3.55
9, Love Forms by Claire Adam, 7.06, 6.51, 34, 1, 3.61
10, The South by Tash Aw, 7.30, 6.64, 40, 2, 3.81
11, One Boat by Jonathan Buckley, 7.69, 7.38, 35, 0, 3.93
12, The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, 9.85, 9.25, 26, 0, 4.31
13, Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga, 9.71, 9.33, 31, 0, 4.46

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Endling by Maria Reva, 2.81, 224, 43, 16
2, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, 2.88, 213, 41, 15
3, Audition by Katie Kitamura, 4.73, 64, 55, 8
4, Universality by Natasha Brown, 5.24, 49, 50, 5
5, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, 4.38, 41, 8, 1
6, Flashlight by Susan Choi, 5.76, 18, 37, 1
7, The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller, 6.03, 2, 29, 1
8, Flesh by David Szalay, 6.43, -28, 42, 2
9, Love Forms by Claire Adam, 7.06, -64, 34, 1
10, The South by Tash Aw, 7.30, -93, 40, 2
11, One Boat by Jonathan Buckley, 7.69, -103, 35, 0
12, The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, 9.85, -151, 26, 0
13, Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga, 9.71, -172, 31, 0

1 Seascraper
2 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
3 Endling
~
4 Audition
5 Flashlight
6 The Land in Winter
7 One Boat
8 Universality
9 The South
10 Love Forms
11 Misinterpretation
~
12 The Rest of Our Lives
13 Flesh

Ranking these is hard - there is not much separating everything between 4 and 11.

Links are to my reviews

1. Audition 5* - my review
2. Universality 5*- my review
3. Endling 5* - my review

8. One Boat 3* - my review

1. Universality - 4.5 stars rounded down - review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Endling - 3.5 stars rounded up - review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The South - 3.5 stars rounded up
4. One Boat - 3.5 stars rounded up
5. Audition - 3 stars - review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. Seascraper - 3 stars - review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Flashlight - 3 stars
8. Love Forms - 3 stars
9. Misinterpretation - 2.5 stars rounded up
10. The Rest of Our Lives - 1.5 stars rounded up
11. Flesh - 1.5 stars rounded down

3. Seascraper
4. Flashlight

7. Audition

1. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
1. Endling
3. Universality
4. The Land in Winter
5. Audition
6. Seascraper
7. Love Forms
8. The South
9. Flesh
10. The Rest of Our Lives
11. Flashlight
12. One Boat
13. Misinterpretation

1.Endling - 5 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2.
3.Audition - 3 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. Seascraper
2. Universality
3. Flashlight
4. Audition
5. One Boat
6. The South
7. Flesh
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

All novels read twice

Endling - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Universality - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Audition - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seascraper - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Land In Winter - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Flashlight - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The South - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Love Forms - 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Flesh - 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Misinterpretation- 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One Boat - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Rest of Our Lives - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. Endling - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Audition - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Seascraper - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Flashlight - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Universality - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. One Boat - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. Love Forms - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Misinterpretation - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The South - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. The Land in Winter - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. The Rest of Our Lives - 2.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
13. Flesh - 2*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. Seascraper
2. Flesh
3. Endling
4. Audition
5. Flashlight
6. One Boat
7. Universality

13. The South

1. Endling

3. Seascraper
4. The Rest of Our Lives

6. Universality
9. Misinterpretation
10. Audition

1. Audition
2. Universality
2. Flesh
3. Flashlight
4. Seascraper
5. Endling
6. Love Forms
7. The South
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13. Misinterpretation (dnf)

1 Endling 5 stars
2. One Boat 4 stars
3. Universality 4 stars
4.Love Forms 4 stars
5. The South 3 stars
6. Flashlight 3 stars
7. Flesh 3 stars
8. Audition 3 stars
13. Misinterpretation 2 stars

1. Seascaper
2. Universality
3. The Land in Winter
4. Love Forms
5. The Rest of Our Lives
6. Audition
7. Endling
8. Flashlight
9. The South
10.
11. One Boat
12. Misinterpretation
13. Flesh

1. Endling
2. Flesh
3. Audition
4. Seascraper
5. Flashlight
6. The South
7. Universality
8. Love Forms
9. The Land In Winter

1. Seascraper
2.
3. The Land in Winter
4. Audition
5. Endling
6. Flesh
7. Flashlight
8. One Boat
9. The South
10. Love Forms
11. Universality
12. Misinterpretation
13. The Rest of Our Lives

1. Audition
13. Universality

1)
2) Audition
3) The Land in Winter
4) Seascraper
5)
6)

7) Flesh
8) Misinterpretation
9) Flashlight
10) Endling
11) One Boat
12) Universality
13) The South

1. Seascraper
2. Universality
3. The Rest of Our Lives
4. Audition
5. One Boat

To be honest, I don't feel strongly about the order of 1-3.

*****
1. Flesh (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
2. Endling (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)


****
3. Flashlight (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
4. Audition (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
5. The Rest of our Lives (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
6. Sea Scraper (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
7. Universality (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
8. The Land in Winter (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
9. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (Still reading)

***
10. Love Forms (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
11. The South (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
12. Misinterpretation (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)


**
13. One Boat (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

1. Universality
2. Endling
3.Audition
4. Flashlight
5. Flesh
6. Love Forms
7. Misinterpretation
8. The South

13 The Rest of Our Lives

1. Audition

8. The South

1. Seascraper 5*
2. Universality 5*
3. Audition 5*
4, Endling 5*
5. The South 5*
6. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 4.5*
7, Love Forms 3.5 *
8. The Land in Winter 3.5*
9, Flashlight 3*
10. One Boat 3*
11. Flesh 3*
12. The Rest of Our Lives 3*
13. Misinterpretation 2.5*

1. Audition - 5*
2. Seascraper - 5*
3. Endling - 3*
4. The Land in Winter - 3*

1. Seascraper - 4*
2. Endling - 4*
3. Audition - 4*
4.
5. Flesh - 4*
6.Universality 3.5*
7.
8. Flashlight 3.5*
9.
10. The Rest of Our Lives 3*
11. One Boat 3*
12.
13.Misinterpretation 2.5*

1. Seascraper
2. Endling
3. Universality
4. Audition
5. One Boat
6. Flesh
7. The South
8. The Land in Winter
9. Love Forms
13. The Rest of Our Lives

1. Seascraper
2. The South
3. Flashlight
4. One Boat
5. Flesh
6. Love Forms
7. The Land In Winter
8. Endling
9. Universality
10. Audition
11.
12.
13.

1. Endling
2. Flashlight
3. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
4. Seascraper
5. Love Forms
6. The Land in Winter
7. Flesh
8. The Rest of Our Lives
9. Misinterpretation
10. One Boat
11. The South
12. Audition
13. Universality

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Love Forms
7. Flesh
8.
9.
10. The South
11.
12.
13.

1. Audition - 5 stars (book and audio)
2. Universality - 5 stars (audio)
3. Endling - 5 stars (audio)
4. Flesh - 5 stars (audio)
5. Seascraper - 4 stars (book)
6. The South - 4 stars (book)
7. The Rest of Our Lives - 4 stars (book)
8. One Boat - 3 stars (book)
9. Flashlight - 3 stars (book)
10. Misinterpretation - 2 stars (book)
11. Love Forms - 2 stars (audio)

1. Seascraper
2. Universality
3. Audition

1. Endling
2. Seascraper
3. The Land in Winter
4. Flesh
5. Flashlight
6. The South
7. Misinterpretation
8. Audition
9. One Boat
10. The Rest of Our Lives
11. Love Forms

1.
2. The Land in Winter
3. Endling
4. Universality
5. Seascraper
6. Audition
7.
8.
9. Flashlight
10. The Rest of Our Lives
11. Flesh
12. The South
13.
Currently reading: One Boat

1. Endling
2. Seascraper
3. Audition
4. The Land in Winter
5. Universality

7. One Boat
8. The Rest of Our Lives
9. Love Forms
10. Flesh
11. Misinterpretation
12. Flashlight
13. The South

[hopeful that the yet to be published book will rearrange my shortlist!)

1. Audition
2. The South
3. Universality
4. One Boat

1)
2) Flesh
3) Universality
4) The Land in Winter
5)
6) The South
7)
8) Love Forms
9) Flashlight
10)
11) Audition
12) Misrepresentation
13)

1. Universality
1. Endling
3. Love Forms
3. Flashlight
5. One Boat
6. Flesh
7.
8.
9. Audition
10.
11. Misinterpretation
12.
13. The South

1. Endling
2. Audition
3. Flashlight
4. Universality



10. Misinterpretation

1.
2. The South
3. Love Forms
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Misinterpretation
10. Universality
11.
12.
13.

1. Love Forms (4.5*)
2. Endling (4*)
3. Seascraper (4*)
4. The Land in Winter (3.5*)
5. The South (3*)
6. Flashlight (3*)
7. Universality (2.5*)
8. Audition (1*)

1.
2. Endling
3.
4. Flashlight
5. Seascraper
6. Love Forms
7. Flesh
8. The South
9. Audition
10. One Boat
11. Universality
12.
13.

1. the Land in Winter
2. Flesh
3. Flashlight
4. the South
5. Audition

1. Endling 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Seascraper 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Land in Winter 4*
4. Flesh 4*
5. Universality 4*
6. Audition 4*
7.
8. The Rest of Our Lives 3.5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. One Boat 3* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The South 3* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

12. Flashlight 2* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. The Land in Winter
2. Flesh
3. Flashlight
5. Audition
6. Seascraper
7. Misinterpretation
9. Endling
12. Universality
13. Love Forms

1. The South ***
2. Love Forms ***
3. Misinterpretation ***
4. Flashlight ***

5. The Loneliness of Sonia + Sunny *

1. Seascraper
2. Audition
3. Universality
4. Endling
5. The South
6. Flesh
7. Misinterpretation
8. One Boat
9. Love Forms
10. The Land in Winter
11. The Rest of Our Lives

1. Seascraper 5*
3. The Land in Winter 4*
4. One Boat 4*
5. Flesh 3*
7. Universality 3*
9. Audition 3*
13. The Rest of Our Lives 2*

1 Endling
2 Universality
3 Flashlight
4 Seascraper
5 Audition
6 Flesh
7 The Land in Winter
8 The South
9 One Boat
10 Misinterpretation
11 The Rest of Our Lives

13 Love Forms